If you look at history as a series of paintings, the role of a series like this really is to frame it. Read more
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Kingdom 3 – 21
Any way you slice it that was some tremendous drama right there. Read more
Kingdom 4 – 02
Why does Lu look so pleased with himself? Read more
Kingdom 4 – 18
The gloves are off now. Read more
Kingdom 4 – 16
And then there's Lu Buwei. Read more
Kingdom 4 – 23
I can't be the only one to notice that look on Meng Yi's face, can I? Read more
Kingdom 4 – 22
A truly great story is often many great stories, and Kingdom is one such example. Read more
Kingdom 4 – 01
As usual, completely great and almost completely ignored. Read more
Kingdom 4 – 19
What we're seeing on Kingdom right now is just great drama, plain and simple. Read more
Kingdom 4 – 08
I don't think we've ever seen quite this much exploration of the Xin-Diao relationship before Read more
Kingdom 4 – 20
They call it historical fiction for a reason. Read more
Kingdom 4 – 14
Now that's what I call nation building. Read more
Kingdom 4 – 06
Oh FFS, my notepad isn't even big enough... Read more
Kingdom 4 – 05
"Keep your friends close, and your enemies closer" is not a problem for Zheng. Read more
Kingdom 4 – 03
Great, more names... Read more
Kingdom 4 – 10
This episode is really a study in contrasts between the new and old blood. Read more
Kingdom 4 – 17
Every so often Kingdom - which is really good all the time - has one of those episodes. Read more
Kingdom 4 – 09
Pretty reliably, once or so a season, I go through a cycle of self-doubt with Kingdom. Read more
Kingdom 4 – 12
Everybody meet as Wu’s place. Read more
Kingdom 4 – 04
That was a real audience pleaser of an episode. Both of us... Read more
Kingdom 4 – 07
This should be a good test of Kingdom's plot armor, if nothing else. Read more
Kingdom 4 – 13
You may think you've got family problems... Read more
Kingdom 4 – 15
We're about to reach one of the critical nexus points in the story. Read more
Girls Kingdom, Vol. 4
By Nayo and Shio Sakura. Released in Japan by GL Bunko. Released in North America by J-Novel Club. Translated by Philip Reuben. Because a series such as Girls…
Kingdom 4 – 24-25
There's no disguising what this dream of Zheng's really is no matter how noble its supposed aim. Read more
Girls Kingdom, Volume 4
When I tell you that Girls Kingdom, Volume 4 is worth reading, please understand that I am 100% aware of what I am saying. The series is, thusfar,…
First Impressions – Kingdom 4
As I am duty-bound to do with each new season of Kingdom, I want to give my thoughts now that we’re five episodes deep into Kingdom 4 –…
Kingdom 4 – 26 (Season Finale)
Kingdom has been an incredibly reliable and superb anime, too easy to take for granted if anything. Read more
Manga the Week of 4/21/21
SEAN: The end of April, and the daffodils are blooming. What manga do we have? Airship gives us a print version of the 10th Mushoku Tensei novel and…
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Dump a Week, 15/4 – 21/4
I watched some less anime this week. This is an intro blurb. Is this an intro blurb? This is an intro blurb. Is it though? This is an intro…
How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom episode 21
Rating: 3.5 Last week I made a number of suppositions about why Roroa appeared before Kazuya and offered to become his wife and why he would probably accept…
Bookshelf Briefs 5/4/21
Days on Fes, Vol. 1 | By Kanato Oka | Yen Press A manga about the joys of music festivals is something we’ve seen before, but usually it’s…
Bookshelf Briefs 10/4/21
Do You Like Big Girls?, Vol. 1 | By Goro Aizome | Ghost Ship – The cover art and publisher of this particular title tells you exactly what’s…
Bookshelf Briefs 4/16/21
Dead Dead Demon’s Dededede Destruction, Vol. 9 | By Inio Asano | Viz Media – By the ninth volume of Dead Dead Demon, any hope that this series…
Bookshelf Briefs 1/4/21
Black Clover, Vol. 23 | By Yuki Tabata | Viz Media – Given we came to the end of a very long arc last time, it makes sense…
Bookshelf Briefs 4/21/22
Catch These Hands!, Vol. 1 | By murata | Yen Press – I’ve been enjoying the recent upswing in yuri manga starring actual adults and aimed at adults.…
Boku no Hero Academia Season 4 – 21
It makes for an interesting story when the worst that can be said about its villain is that he's insensitive. Read more The post Boku no Hero Academia…
Manga the Week of 4/7/21
SEAN: April! Maple! Let’s do the list backwards this time! This means starting with Yen Press, who have precisely one manga out, but it is a debut. Please…
Manga the Week of 8/4/21
SEAN: August! Is there any dog manga? MICHELLE: Guru Guru Pon-chan? SEAN: Airship has two print debuts of light novels we’ve talked about before when the early digital…
Manga the Week of 4/14/21
SEAN: There certainly is a lot of manga coming out. Remember years ago when some weeks had three or four titles? ASH: It’s almost unimaginable any more. SEAN:…
End of March Update 4/9/21
A therapeutic, if unproductive, March 2021 has come and gone.
Manga the Week of 4/28/21
SEAN: The end of April and there’s still so much going on. Airship has two digital-early debuts. I Have a Secret (Kakushigoto) is the latest one-shot by the…
How A Realist Hero Rebuilt The Kingdom ep 4
Note: Click here to skip to the “Other Series I Am Following” part Tomoe and Kazuya Rating (first half of ep 4): 4 (of 5) Rating (second half…
Gold Kingdom and Water Kingdom
By Shelley Pallis. After a millennium of warfare, the rival kingdoms of Alhamit and Balkari have finally fought each other to a standstill. In a frankly ill-conceived plan…
Gold Kingdom and Water Kingdom
The film sticks so closely to the source material tha the nearly two-hour run time is almost a frame-by-frame animated retelling of the single-volume manga.
Kingdom of Z (Volume 4) – Zombie Masters of Martial Arts!
Their target, the zombified Takeshi Garou is in the ring waiting for his fight to begin. This might give them a chance to catch him, although there are…
How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom Episode 21 – Marriage For Political/Monetary Gain
How a Realist Hero Rebuilt the Kingdom has a lot of talking this week. Talking about marriage, business deals, border rules and so on.
Weekly Digest 4/25/21 – Shadows House, Shakunetsu Kabaddi
Anime giveth with one hand, and taketh with the other. Read more
The Club Kingdom
2:29 - Undead Unluck 151 13:58 - Boruto: Naruto Next Generations 79 32:55 - Kaiju No. 8 82 44:47 - Spy x Family 77 55:40 - Akane-banashi 54 66:22 - Blue Box 93 80:06…
One Piece, Undead Unluck, Black Clover, Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, Cipher
Kingdom 3 – 12
The odds still seem inexorably stacked against Qin here, and none of these defensive moves seems to have the potential to truly change the dynamic. Read more